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- Fremont, CA, May 18, 1992 -- Trantor Systems today announced its new
- parallel-to-SCSI host adapter, the T348 MiniSCSI Plus. The product
- provides simple, quick connection of many different types of SCSI devices
- through a computer's parallel printer port without losing use of the
- printer.
-
- Trantor has been successfully selling the original MiniSCSI product for the
- past two years. The new MiniSCSI Plus offers improved overall performance
- and enhanced design features. Among these new features are an integral
- three-foot cable, built-in SCSI termination and a physical design which is
- more functional, since the portion of the product containing the active
- circuitry has been moved adjacent to the SCSI device. This new design
- makes the connection to the computer port much smaller than the original
- MiniSCSI and eliminates the need for a separate SCSI cable.
-
- While the original MiniSCSI was designed with unidirectional capability
- only, the new MiniSCSI Plus is fully compatible with both unidirectional
- and bidirectional parallel ports. This offers the capability to move full
- 8-bit data blocks in both directions between the host computer and the
- device(s) connected to the parallel port, at similar speeds in either
- direction. CD-ROMs in particular perform substantially better on systems
- when used with the MiniSCSI Plus, an important consideration for
- multimedia applications.
-
- The MiniSCSI Plus is the first product architecture designed around
- Trantor's P3C, "Parallel Port Peripheral Controller" custom-designed ASIC
- chip. The P3C features many of the capabilities previously requiring
- discrete logic, including transparent printer pass-through, automatic
- adaption to both unidirectional and bidirectional parallel ports and
- improved I/O performance.
-
- The MiniSCSI Plus is retail priced at $229.00 and is scheduled to begin
- shipping in June 1992. The original MiniSCSI version of the product will
- continue to be sold at a reduced list price of $159.00.
-
- Trantor is the premier supplier of SCSI interface products for the CD-ROM
- industry and a leader in the all-purpose SCSI interface market, supplying
- products to the IBM-compatible, laptop and Apple Macintosh markets.
- Founded in 1982, Trantor's products are sold through distributors and
- dealers internationally under a variety of private labels as well with the
- Trantor name. The company is located in Fremont, California.
-
- Trantor Systems, Ltd.
- 5415 Randall Place, Fremont, CA 94538-3151
- Tel 510-770-1400 -- Fax 510-770-9910
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